Writers and Politics
Author | : Conor Cruise O'Brien |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2015-02-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780571324262 |
ISBN-13 | : 0571324266 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Arguably Conor Cruise O'Brien's most influential and admired book was this brilliant collection of essays - on history, literature and public affairs - first published in 1965. 'I can still remember the excitement with which I discovered a copy of Writers and Politics, in a provincial library in Devonshire thirty years ago. Nobody who tries to write about either of those subjects, or about "the bloody crossroads" where they have so often met, can disown a debt to the Cruiser.' Christopher Hitchens, London Review of Books 'When a liberal can write such pieces as "Mercy and Mercenaries", "Journal de Combat", "Varieties of Anti-Communism", "A New Yorker Critic", and "Generation of Saints", an important voice has returned to our culture.' Raymond Williams, Guardian